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epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o mauritiania_n style_v the_o sea_n of_o rome_n the_o
ver._n 11_o 12_o 13_o 14._o jerusalem_n sack_v the_o three_o time_n the_o king_n slay_v for_o his_o wickedness_n 2_o chro._n 2d_o 27._o 2_o king_n 14_o 2._o an._n 3129_o between_o amaziah_n and_o azariah_n there_o be_v in_o internal_a of_o 13_o year_n ann._n 3142._o 2_o king_n 14._o 23._o with_o 15._o 1._o 3142._o amaziah_n the_o nine_o king_n of_o judah_n 2_o king_n 14._o 21._o 2_o chro._n 26._o â—_o 4_o 5._o vers._n 9_o 10._o vers._n 16._o etc._n etc._n the_o king_n be_v judge_v by_o god_n for_o usurp_a the_o priests_n office_n vers._n 3._o an._n 3194_o jotham_n the_o 10._o king_n of_o judah_n be_v not_o crown_v till_o a_o year_n after_o his_o father_n death_n 1_o king_n 15._o 52._o with_o vers_n 27._o an._n 3200_o ahaz_n the_o 11._o king_n of_o judah_n rule_v two_o year_n with_o his_o father_n 2_o king_n 15._o 32_o 33._o ver_fw-la 27._o with_o 2_o chro._n 28._o 2_o 3_o etc._n etc._n vers._n 6._o judah_n first_o captivity_n vers._n 8._o vers._n 9_o ver._n 10_o 11._o god_n use_v bad_a 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30_o 31_o etc._n etc._n egppt._n jehoiakim_n the_o 17._o king_n of_o judah_n 2_o king_n 23._o 36._o and_o 35._o siam_fw-it make_v great_a confusion_n and_o sad_a change_n note_n vers._n 37._o 2_o king_n 24._o 12_o etc._n etc._n sin_n make_v man_n slave_n blood_n be_v punish_v with_o blood_n ver_fw-la 4._o 2_o king_n 23._o 36._o an._n 3344_o jehoiachim_n the_o 18._o king_n of_o ju_n 1_o king_n 24._o 9_o 10._o ver._n 11_o 12._o nebuchadnezzer_n 8._o year_n ver_fw-la 12_o jerusalem_n take_v ver_n 13_o 14_o etc._n etc._n vers._n 8._o zedekiah_n the_o 19_o and_o last_o king_n of_o judah_n 2_o king_n 24._o 18_o 19_o 1_o king_n 25._o 1_o 2._o siege_n be_v lay_v to_o jerusalem_n december_n 10._o anno_fw-la 3353._o and_o take_v the_o 9_o of_o june_n 3355._o which_o be_v one_o year_n five_o month_n and_o 24._o day_n ver_fw-la 2._o 3._o etc._n etc._n vers._n 7._o jerusalem_n burn_v vers._n 8._o 9_o ver._n 10_o 11._o jerusalem_n last_n and_o great_a captivity_n under_o zedekiah_n an._n 3355._o 1_o 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